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Nominees announced for 2014 Ignatz Awards

The nominees have been announced for the 2014 Ignatz Awards, which will be presented Sept. 13 during the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland.

Named in honor of the brick-wielding mouse in George Herriman’s Krazy Kat strip, the awards recognize achievement in comics and cartooning. Nominees are selected by a panel of five cartoonists — this year it was Darryl Ayo, Austin English, Melissa Mendes, Thien Pham and Whit Taylor — and then voted on by SPX attendees.